Wolfsong

Ox was 23 when murder came to town and tore a hole in his head and heart. The boy chased after the monster with revenge in his blood red eyes, leaving Ox behind to pick up the pieces. It's been three years since that fateful day and the boy is back. Except now he's a man, and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them.

The Law of Attraction

Alec Rowland is a high-flying lawyer in a London firm, whose career is his life. He doesn't have time for relationships, and his sexuality is a closely guarded secret. After picking up a cute guy on a Friday night, Alec's world is rocked to its foundations when his one night stand shows up in the office on Monday morning - as the new temp on his team.

Guns Blazing

My name is Lloyd Ledbetter and I am the best lawyer New York criminals can buy. My obsession to detail is their saving grace. I'm focused, determined and one-track minded. Nursing my broken heart for the last few months, I've stayed away from anything that could resemble a relationship. Until Luke Gunner.

The Long Way Home

Ever since the accident that cost him his job on the Seattle police force, Kevin Quinn has been living with psychic abilities he refers to as the 'gift that keeps on taking'. His attempts to use his talents to help the police have been met with limited success. Yet, when teenage boys start going missing from the beach cities of Southern California, Kevin gets on a plane.

Tasting Notes

Joseph "West" Weston has paid for his wealth and success with long hours at the office and no personal life to speak of. Meetings, conference calls, and paperwork dominate his waking hours and have kept him from honoring the promise he made to his late grandfather years before. After leaving the Marines, Robert "Rush" Coeman returns to his hometown and settles in as a Christmas tree farmer. His life is quiet and simple, and he likes it that way.

Stay with Me

Private investigator Mackenzie Williams' newest client is everything he's looking for in a guy--charming, beautiful, intelligent, and successful. There's only one itty bitty problem: the guy's not exactly gay. In fact Jordan Channing is looking for a PI to follow his fiance. The smart thing would be to thank Jordan for his time, turn Mr. Perfect away (don't let the door hit you on the rump, thank you very much), and forget he exists.

Crossroads

After divorcing the woman he'd been with since he was 17, Nick Fuller is starting over. He owns the restaurant of his dreams, and he's determined to meet new people, find new passions, and experience life to its fullest. Easier said than done - that is until he meets his new neighbor, Bryce Tanner. Neither man has ever wanted another guy, but there's a connection between Nick and Bryce from the start - a spark they can't deny.

The Persistence of Memory: Mnevermind Trilogy, Book 1

While forgetting your problems won't solve them, it does seem like it would make life a heck of a lot easier. Daniel thought so once. Now he knows better. He and Big Dan have always been close, which makes it all the more difficult to break the daily news: the last five years were nothing like his father remembers.

First

Growing up in a small town in Georgia hasn't prepared him for the more liberal life of a student at the university in Athens. Add to that the teachings of his parents and his church, and you have one shy young man who feels out of his depth. Working on his daddy's farm hasn't given him any chance of a social life, certainly not one like the clubs of Atlanta have to offer. Not that Tommy feels comfortable when he gets to sample it - Momma's lectures still ring loudly inside his head.

Takeover

Michael Sebastian thought that Curacao would be the perfect place to have a little fun in the sun - and between the sheets. So far no one has struck his interest - until Sam Anderson walks into the bar. With one look at his tense body and expensive suit, Michael knows that this is a man in need of release. And Michael is more than willing to lend a hand.

Fish out of Water

PI Jackson Rivers grew up on the mean streets of Del Paso Heights and he doesn't trust cops, even though he was one. When the man he thinks of as his brother is accused of killing a police officer in an obviously doctored crime, Jackson will move heaven and earth to keep Kaden and his family safe.

Undercover Boyfriend: Dreamspun Desires, Book 12

Marty Valdez is in serious trouble. His sister's wedding is around the corner, and everyone expects to meet Marty's super-successful underwear model boyfriend-whom Marty invented. Now Marty has to produce a half-naked hottie or suffer the worst humiliation of his life. FBI agent Luke Myers is in serious trouble. He's been working undercover to take down a dangerous drug cartel, but his cover's blown and he needs to disappear. Luckily, a geeky yet intriguing comic book artist gives him the perfect opportunity.

Whiskers of a Chance

Jason Grant runs his own IT business from home, owns his own home, and has the best friend he could imagine. What he doesn't have, or believe he will ever have, is love. When Jason catches a glimpse of his new neighbor on moving day, his libido ignites and his fascination in piqued. He even manages to concoct an excuse to go over and meet the man who makes him hope and want for more than he has in years.

Professional Distance: Thorne and Dash, Book 1

Thornwell Shipton is wealthy, uptight, closeted, and an incurable workaholic. A tragic love affair left him terrified of relationships, so he tells himself sex is better scheduled and paid for. Riley Dashwood is young, easy-going, and comfortable in his own skin. He's a passionate baker and an aspiring chef, working as an escort to save up for culinary school. When Thorne hires Dash, it's lust at first sight. After a few scorching nights together, both men start to wonder if what's between them is more than physical.

HIM

Jamie Canning has never been able to figure out how he lost his closest friend. Four years ago, his tattooed, wisecracking, rule-breaking roommate cut him off without an explanation. So what if things got a little weird on the last night of hockey camp the summer they were 18? It was just a little drunken foolishness. Nobody died.

The Heart of Texas: Texas Series, Book 1

Riley Hayes, the playboy of the Hayes family, is a young man who seems to have it all: money, a career he loves, and his pick of beautiful women. His father, CEO of HayesOil, passes control of the corporation to his two sons; but a stipulation is attached to Riley's portion. Concerned about Riley's lack of maturity, his father requires that Riley 'marry and stay married for one year to someone he loves'. Angered by the requirement, Riley seeks a means of bypassing his father's stipulation.

Rock Solid

Trevor Dixon has made too many mistakes to count. Sober for 13 months, he's determined to do the right thing: rebuild his relationship with his family and help his brother get Rock Solid Construction off the ground. Failing them again isn't an option. Too bad the first estimate Trevor goes on alone is for an uptight doctor with a superiority complex. A hand injury took away the only important thing in Dr. Simon Malone's life - performing heart surgery. He doesn't do well with people and has no family, but being a damn good surgeon? He always had that.

Breakaway: Scoring Chances, Book 1

Drafted to play for the Jacksonville Sea Storm, an NHL affiliate, 20-year-old Lane Courtnall's future looks bright, apart from the awkwardness he feels as a gay man playing on a minor league hockey team. He's put his foot in his mouth a few times and alienated his teammates. Then, during a rivalry game, Lane throws off his gloves against Jared Shore, enforcer for the Savannah Renegades. It's a strange way to begin a relationship.

Big Love

Teacher Dane Bernard is a gentle giant, loved by all at Summitville High School. He has a beautiful wife and two kids. But Dane has a secret, one he expects to keep hidden for the rest of his life - he's gay. But when he loses his wife, Dane finally confronts his attraction to men. And a new teacher, Seth Wolcott, immediately catches his eye. Seth himself is starting over, licking his wounds from a breakup. Seth doesn't want another relationship, but when he spies Dane his attraction is immediate and electric.

Let the Wrong Light In

Avery Hextall, a junior architect at a prestigious firm, is thrilled when his design is chosen for a new performing-arts center - even if it means working closely with his insufferably uptight project manager, Malin Lacroix. When a chance encounter in the boss's office proves that Lacroix is anything but cold, Avery is determined to learn more about the real man beneath the aloof veneer.

Collide

At 10 years old, Noah Jameson and Cooper Bradshaw collided midair when they dove for the same football. For three years they were inseparable...until one day when Noah and his parents disappeared in the middle of the night. Noah and Cooper never knew what happened to each other. Now, 17 years later, after finding his boyfriend in bed with another man, Noah returns to Blackcreek looking for a fresh start. And damned if he doesn't find his old friend grew up to be as sexy as sin.

The Queen & the Homo Jock King: At First Sight

Do you believe in love at first sight? Sanford Stewart sure doesn't. In fact, he pretty much believes in the exact opposite, thanks to the Homo Jock King. It seems Darren Mayne lives for nothing more than to create chaos in Sandy's perfectly ordered life, just for the hell of it. Sandy despises him, and nothing will ever change his mind. Or so he tells himself.

Lay It Down

Most people would say being stranded in the villa of Spanish shipping magnate Miguel García Arquero on the beautiful isle of Ibiza wasn't such a bad deal. But Hudson Barber isn't one of them. To him, being stuck without a passport in a foreign country far from home is a nightmare, made worse by the fact that the person who did the stranding was his flighty twin brother.

Publisher's Summary

For paramedic Adam Carson, his world is lights and sirens and saving lives. Pressures at work keep him firmly in the closet, and life is too busy to contend with the complications that come with dating and relationships. When a familiar face from his past turns up where he least expects it, Adam starts to question whether or not there is room in his life for those complications.

The last person forensic pathologist Sam McKenna expects to see at pub night is Adam, the guy who made his life hell in high school. The attraction is instant, but Adam isn't gay and Sam has no interest in pursuing him. Still, the leftover animosity from their teenage years isn't enough to extinguish the lust growing between them. After both are called to the scene of a horrific murder, Adam admits he's not as straight as he led Sam to believe and they seek comfort and distraction in each other's arms. One night becomes many as the murder investigation intensifies, but when Adam is faced with losing Sam, he is forced to make a choice: to break his silence, or to give up everything for the job he loves.

Adam is a closeted paramedic. He is happy in his life. He has good friends and a partner that has his back. Then he sees an old friend from school that unlocks feelings from the past.

Sam is more than shocked when Adam keeps pressing to spend more time with him. When they were in school Adam picked on him all the time calling him Dex and teasing him. Finding out that Adam had a crush on him and wanted to see him romantically came as a shock.

Adam wants to be with Sam, but he also loves his job and knows he cannot come out. Sam understands the importance of Adam's job and lets him go.

A Forced Silence is a beautiful story with a lot going on. I described the romantic plot and Magor plot above. But what makes a good story great is underlying plots. With both men's occupations, there can be so many. We have both men called out to a particularly gruesome scene early in the story, and Sam is called to the scene to use I his forensics to help solve the crime. WE also have a side plot with Adam training a rookie Dustin that comes back to blow up in all of their faces.

The sex is smoking hot, and there is lots of action to kee the story from getting too bogged down from the romantic conflict. I am a fan of cliffhangers, and I say I didn't see this one coming. I was happily gobsmacked now I want the next book, Cate!If you like hot paramedics, forensic scientists, coming out, second chances, twists, and hot man-sex you will like this one!*I received a copy for an honest review*

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Belen

United States

20/06/16

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"Can Hardly Wait for Book 2!"

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There were several things I loved about this story: the romance that takes center stage, Sam, and Adam’s realistic struggle.

There were a couple of things I didn’t particularly love about the story. I wasn’t happy with it ending on a partial cliffhanger. Though the romance is a complete story, the mystery is left open-ended, and we’re left with a couple of questions regarding Adam’s other personal relationships.

I also struggled a bit with the narration by Scott R. Smith, especially with his cadence and inflections, and I felt a bit let down by his narration of the sex scenes in the story. Cate Ashwood does a particularly good job writing some very emotionally charged and sexy scenes, but I didn’t feel like the narration adequately showcased the heat.

But the things I loved far outweigh the things I didn’t. Ashwood totally conveys the struggle Adam has with falling for this perfect-for-him guy, and feeling like he can’t really declare it because it would negatively impact the rest of his life. She shows how miserable he is when he chooses to stay in the closet. I absolutely loved Sam (or “Dex” as Adam affectionately call him)! He was out and proud, but totally understanding about what Adam was going through. He never pushed or made Adam feel pressured. *sighs* Sam’s such a great character!

As for the mystery, there were several times where I really liked how Ashwood, and Smith, ratchet up the suspense. You just knew something was going to happen and when it did, the thrill didn’t disappoint! Alas, it ends on a cliffie. So we’ll have to wait for the next in the series (Ford’s story) to (hopefully) get some closure.

I tell you, I’m hooked. I can hardly wait for the next story to come out!

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Candateshia Pafford

Fort Meade

07/06/16

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"Fabulous!"

This book was so good... Kept me interested the entire book... I was trying to figure who the bad guys was the entire time, when the story didn't even revolve around that plot point!! Great narration too..

Well worth a buy, sale or credit...

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Patrick McDonald

08/07/16

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"Decent story but not narration."

I thought the story was good but skipped parts because the narration lacked any inflection. It was basically a guy with a tight jaw Thurston Howell accent with no variation between characters or gender. Got boring quick. Read the book.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Amazon Customer

14/10/16

Overall

Performance

Story

"Amazing need more"

Any additional comments?

Cate Ashwood is one of those authors I listen to, and not read. And I just devour all of her audio books.

This one, so many amaze great points.

Adam, because of convo he’s overheard and had the displeasure of being a part of over the years he knows first hand if he announces he’s true sexuality he will be, at the least kicked off the team he works for. So he’s kept to back alley, bathroom quick meets. But it’s becoming too much.

Sam, had a really hard child, young adulthood. And part of that was Adam’s fault. So when he first see’s Adam he freaks, then finds Adam it’s what he pretending to be, is pissed.

These two are magic. They want don’t want, hide refuse to hide. All in the middle of solving a case that has them and the family wrapped up in one big ball of tension.

You can feel it coming over the speakers, the needing, the wanting, the unforgivable.

The narrator does an amazing job capturing not only the moods of Sam and Adam but the brother and the other players.

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Morgan A Skye

10/07/16

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Performance

Story

"Riveting story good narration"

Adam and Sam went to high school together and shared a friend, Mason. There was some underlying issues between the three of them (that get explained later) that made Adam tease Sam mercilessly and call him by his real name, Dex – only as an insult. Dex really liked Adam in a way he’d never admit, so the teasing hurt even more than it should.

When they meet as adults, Adam has at least acknowledged he’s gay, but he’s not out. Adam also acknowledges his attraction to Dex and Dex reciprocates. The two beging “dating” but on the DL. Dex is ok being in the closet with Adam, so long as Adam keeps coming home to him.

Most of the story is NOT about them and their relationship – although it plays a central theme, the bulk of this is the mystery/crime the two are solving and the other issues in their daily lives. Including the decision to come out or not.

When one of them almost dies, the two realize that they can’t live apart like that and Adam is forced to make tough decisions.

**

This is a beginning to a series - YAY! (Though I haven’t heard of a book two…) The two MCs have some seriously hot chemistry and there are a few other gay boys involved who need their stories told too! (Caleb and Ford)

The mystery in this goes unsolved in this book (sorry to spoil that for you – but I think that’s the thread for the series.) and I actually got involved in that part of the book. Usually I skim the mystery stuff to get to the romance – Kudos Cate Ashwood!

This is definitely one of those stories that grabs you right from the start and won’t let you put it down til it’s over. I loved seeing Adam open up and embrace this other side of himself and Dex was a sweetheart who definitely deserved love.

I thoroughly liked this and can’t wait for the next book!

5 of 5 stars

Audio

Scott R Smith is a new to me narrator. He reads well, and understands how to put in emotional pauses and is fairly good with the pacing. Unfortunately he has a tendency to make every sentence sound the same with an upward lilt that makes it sound like everything is super dramatic. It just sounded a bit “newbie” and not as great as some of the other narrators who do more “acting” and less reading.I was able to enjoy the entire story, however, so he didn’t bother me enough to stop listening. It just wasn’t as awesome as it could have been.

This was a great Audiobook Exciting action with men in uniforms. If the world was a more liberal place, this would be the start of a great TV series. The plot of this story brings together two men who knew each other in high school. Sam was the nerdy kid, super smart who grew up to be a forensic pathologist, Dr. Sam McKenna. He is also openly gay. Adam was Sam’s tormentor. Teasing him at every opportunity. Dr. McKenna feels an attraction towards Adam when they cross paths, but Adam is straight and the hot paramedic that Adam has become will only make Sam's life miserable, or will he? You can sense the attraction between these two characters. The more we learn about them the hotter the attraction gets..This book is pretty intense with lots of drama and action. The ending is powerful with an interesting twist leaving me to wonder if this will be the first book of a series. I adore these characters. They compliment each other so well. I do hope that there will be more to come. I am not ready to give these guys up. Scott R. Smith does an excellent job with the narration. There are many characters in this story both male and female. Smith never leaves you guessing who is speaking. He has great inflection and animation in his story telling.

Review Copy of A Forced Silence provided by the Dreamspinner Press LLC for an honest Review. Reviewed by Mollien from Alpha Book Club

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K.S.

27/06/16

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"Not bad - freaking cliffhanger!"

The story is sweet with just enough drama to make it interesting. The love story has a HEA but just to caution you - the murder story does not. And no sequal as i write this, not even in e-book. So maybe you Want to Wait a while before listening. Narrator is not the best but not bad either - the feelings in the scenes does not really shine but at least he does not anoy me as some do.

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Demian Duran

24/06/16

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"Good story with bad narration"

This interesting story was messed up by the cadence of the narrator's voice. Although the moments of dialogue were okay, everything else about the narration could have been improved. If there's a sequel to this story, please choose a different narrator.

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Amazon Customer

Various

13/06/16

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Performance

Story

"A HEA read and find out!!!!"

There are very few books I listen to in one sitting, this is one of those books. The other is Fish Stick Friday's. Being a former paramedic the medical side was perfect.

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I think maybe it took too long for the protagonists to get get together. That is my only complaint, otherwise a damn good book!

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